which pitcher has the most strikeouts in the month of september all-time

Nolan Ryan has struck out the most career hitters in the month of September, with 946 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	946	139	56	39	.589	126	2.98	39	5	1	878.1	625	291	333	40	471	25	3	15	3,689	49	9.69	4.83	2.01	0.41	25.6	12.8	1.25	.265	3.41	6.40
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	758	125	59	41	.590	122	3.02	45	9	0	909.0	782	305	335	75	305	8	2	20	3,715	29	7.50	3.02	2.49	0.74	20.4	8.2	1.20	.275	3.32	7.74
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	731	90	45	15	.750	86	2.91	13	4	0	599.0	477	194	217	52	201	20	1	5	2,463	19	10.98	3.02	3.64	0.78	29.7	8.2	1.13	.291	3.26	7.17
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	709	105	51	32	.614	105	3.23	16	6	0	722.0	615	259	293	44	250	32	0	9	2,992	25	8.84	3.12	2.84	0.55	23.7	8.4	1.20	.292	3.65	7.67
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	650	110	65	30	.684	110	2.74	42	14	0	822.0	638	250	270	53	238	12	0	17	3,285	20	7.12	2.61	2.73	0.58	19.8	7.2	1.07	.251	2.96	6.99
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	628	112	47	45	.511	112	2.97	52	11	0	841.1	747	278	306	57	220	28	0	12	3,428	19	6.72	2.35	2.85	0.61	18.3	6.4	1.15	.277	3.27	7.99
7	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	625	129	58	38	.604	110	2.49	57	11	2	893.1	755	247	297	46	239	16	5	21	3,632	33	6.30	2.41	2.62	0.46	17.2	6.6	1.11	.262	2.99	7.61
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	623	91	51	22	.699	91	3.11	3	1	0	592.2	513	205	218	55	142	17	0	2	2,394	21	9.46	2.16	4.39	0.84	26.0	5.9	1.11	.294	3.31	7.79
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	622	125	59	34	.634	121	2.81	34	13	1	875.2	727	273	304	68	217	11	2	14	3,517	21	6.39	2.23	2.87	0.70	17.7	6.2	1.08	.254	3.12	7.47
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	576	80	33	20	.623	80	3.25	1	0	0	495.0	415	179	189	56	132	14	0	3	2,017	18	10.47	2.40	4.36	1.02	28.6	6.5	1.11	.290	3.44	7.55
11	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	571	124	67	38	.638	104	1.57	85	18	6	914.2	758		279	13	167	29	19			21	5.62	1.64	3.42	0.13		4.6	1.01	.263	2.75	7.46
12	Bob Feller B. Feller	556	113	55	32	.632	99	3.02	64	6	6	787.1	644	264	300	35	353	11	11	3	3,258	10	6.36	4.04	1.58	0.40	17.1	10.8	1.27	.264	3.43	7.36
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	524	120	57	46	.553	119	3.50	14	4	0	754.1	760	293	325	56	150	24	1	29	3,130	7	6.25	1.79	3.49	0.67	16.7	4.8	1.21	.296	3.88	9.07
14	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	520	138	46	43	.517	118	3.00	42	6	6	895.2	812	299	362	75	304	17	11	17	3,744	41	5.23	3.05	1.71	0.75	13.9	8.1	1.25	.261	3.64	8.16
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	516	79	31	28	.525	70	3.20	6	3	0	452.2	398	161	176	30	131	23	6	7	1,878	16	10.26	2.60	3.94	0.60	27.5	7.0	1.17	.312	3.50	7.91
16	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	505	111	33	52	.388	110	3.86	22	3	0	722.2	706	310	345	91	213	18	0	10	3,052	13	6.29	2.65	2.37	1.13	16.5	7.0	1.27	.276	4.30	8.79
17	CC Sabathia	502	87	37	22	.627	86	2.99	6	1	0	566.0	491	188	204	51	168	21	0	5	2,323	10	7.98	2.67	2.99	0.81	21.6	7.2	1.16	.278	3.24	7.81
18	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	499	98	41	24	.631	93	3.27	1	0	0	576.0	525	209	222	55	138	6	1	8	2,334	15	7.80	2.16	3.62	0.86	21.4	5.9	1.15	.287	3.47	8.20
19	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	494	86	44	29	.603	78	2.44	42	7	0	644.2	518	175	206	29	235	12	3	23	2,639	22	6.90	3.28	2.10	0.40	18.7	8.9	1.17	.262	2.88	7.23
20	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	493	102	35	41	.461	86	3.55	30	12	0	625.2	575	247	268	58	193	17	5	12	2,607	27	7.09	2.78	2.55	0.83	18.9	7.4	1.23	.280	3.86	8.27
21	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	491	83	41	21	.661	82	2.99	15	6	0	550.2	492	183	202	40	123	9	0	5	2,214	9	8.02	2.01	3.99	0.65	22.2	5.6	1.12	.291	3.30	8.04
22	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	489	78	41	13	.759	75	2.34	3	2	0	461.2	355	120	139	39	111	6	1	2	1,821	19	9.53	2.16	4.41	0.76	26.9	6.1	1.01	.269	2.71	6.92
23	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	483	102	47	37	.560	90	3.04	42	7	1	696.2	631	235	278	68	159	16	8	18	2,853	9	6.24	2.05	3.04	0.88	16.9	5.6	1.13	.265	3.59	8.15
24	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	483	113	62	34	.646	97	1.05	83	11	3	841.2	760		268	16	130	3	12			25	5.16	1.39	3.72	0.17		3.9	1.06	.273	2.87	8.13
25	A.J. Burnett	482	80	25	29	.463	77	4.07	1	0	0	484.2	439	219	240	43	199	24	0	7	2,067	26	8.95	3.70	2.42	0.80	23.3	9.6	1.32	.300	4.46	8.15